Simecka hails 'positive campaign' as he votes in Slovakia's parliamentary election
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(30 Sep 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
(30 Sep 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bratislava - 30 September 2023
1. Wide of the leader of Progressive Slovakia party Michal Simecka arriving to vote with his partner Sona Feriencikova and her daughter Tana
2. Pan of Slovakian national flag at polling station
3. Tilt up of ballot box
4. Pan of Simecka going to wait for Feriencikova
5. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Michal Simecka, leader of Progressive Slovakia party:
“What I can say is that even according to public surveys the outcome of this election can be very close. Every vote will matter. So that’s why I’d like to ask all the people who are still hesitant to come and vote. As every vote counts and it could be your vote that may decide (the outcome).”
6. Simecka and Feriencikova casting their votes
7. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Michal Simecka, leader of Progressive Slovakia party:
“The campaign was harsh, sometimes even dirty, full of disinformation, hoaxes, and attacks. But my political party and I personally have a clear conscience; we’ve run a positive campaign. We talked about our programme, so I can say I’m proud of how we have managed this campaign.”
8. Various of Simecka leaving polling station
STORYLINE:
The leader of the pro-West Progressive Slovakia party, Michal Simecka, cast his ballot on Saturday in the country's early parliamentary elections.
The vote is a key test that could put the country on a new course away from Kyiv and towards Moscow, threatening to break a fragile unity in the European Union and NATO.
Progressive Slovakia sees the country’s future as firmly tied to its existing membership in the EU and NATO.
Former Prime Minister Robert Fico, 59, and his leftist Smer, or Direction, party have vowed to withdraw Slovakia’s military support for Ukraine in the war, if his attempt to return to power is successful.
After casting his ballot, Simecka encouraged people to come out and vote.
"Every vote will matter," he said.
"So that’s why I’d like to ask all the people who are still hesitant to come and vote. As every vote counts and it could be your vote that may decide (the outcome).”
No party is expected to win a majority of seats Saturday, meaning a coalition government will need to be formed.
The party that secures the most votes typically gets the first chance to put together a government.
Polls indicate that seven or eight other political groups and parties might surpass a 5% threshold needed for representation in the 150-seat National Council.
Among them is the left-wing Hlas (Voice), led by Fico's former deputy in Smer, Peter Pellegrini.
They parted ways after Smer lost the previous election in 2020 but their possible reunion would boost Fico's chances to rule.
The others include the Republic, a far-right group led by former members of the openly neo-Nazi People’s Party Our Slovakia whose members use Nazi salutes and want Slovakia out of the EU and NATO.
AP video shot by: Bela Szandelszky
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bratislava - 30 September 2023
1. Wide of the leader of Progressive Slovakia party Michal Simecka arriving to vote with his partner Sona Feriencikova and her daughter Tana
2. Pan of Slovakian national flag at polling station
3. Tilt up of ballot box
4. Pan of Simecka going to wait for Feriencikova
5. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Michal Simecka, leader of Progressive Slovakia party:
“What I can say is that even according to public surveys the outcome of this election can be very close. Every vote will matter. So that’s why I’d like to ask all the people who are still hesitant to come and vote. As every vote counts and it could be your vote that may decide (the outcome).”
6. Simecka and Feriencikova casting their votes
7. SOUNDBITE (Slovak) Michal Simecka, leader of Progressive Slovakia party:
“The campaign was harsh, sometimes even dirty, full of disinformation, hoaxes, and attacks. But my political party and I personally have a clear conscience; we’ve run a positive campaign. We talked about our programme, so I can say I’m proud of how we have managed this campaign.”
8. Various of Simecka leaving polling station
STORYLINE:
The leader of the pro-West Progressive Slovakia party, Michal Simecka, cast his ballot on Saturday in the country's early parliamentary elections.
The vote is a key test that could put the country on a new course away from Kyiv and towards Moscow, threatening to break a fragile unity in the European Union and NATO.
Progressive Slovakia sees the country’s future as firmly tied to its existing membership in the EU and NATO.
Former Prime Minister Robert Fico, 59, and his leftist Smer, or Direction, party have vowed to withdraw Slovakia’s military support for Ukraine in the war, if his attempt to return to power is successful.
After casting his ballot, Simecka encouraged people to come out and vote.
"Every vote will matter," he said.
"So that’s why I’d like to ask all the people who are still hesitant to come and vote. As every vote counts and it could be your vote that may decide (the outcome).”
No party is expected to win a majority of seats Saturday, meaning a coalition government will need to be formed.
The party that secures the most votes typically gets the first chance to put together a government.
Polls indicate that seven or eight other political groups and parties might surpass a 5% threshold needed for representation in the 150-seat National Council.
Among them is the left-wing Hlas (Voice), led by Fico's former deputy in Smer, Peter Pellegrini.
They parted ways after Smer lost the previous election in 2020 but their possible reunion would boost Fico's chances to rule.
The others include the Republic, a far-right group led by former members of the openly neo-Nazi People’s Party Our Slovakia whose members use Nazi salutes and want Slovakia out of the EU and NATO.
AP video shot by: Bela Szandelszky
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